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    Businesses (27)

    Organisations (173)

    Persons (800)

    Diaries (81)

    Families (16)

    • Bedingfeld (later Paston-Bedingfeld) family, baronets, of Oxburgh Oxburgh, Norfolk
    • Benton family of Old Hill, Staffordshire Old Hill, Staffordshire
    • Bray family of Stratton Stratton, Cornwall
    • Bridgeman family, Earls of Bradford Weston Park, Staffordshire;Ridley, Cheshire;Bolton, Lancashire;Great Lever, Lancashire;Wigan, Lancashire;Teddington, Middlesex;Weeting, Norfolk;Blodwell, Shropshire;Knockin, Shropshire;Morton, Shropshire;Ness, Shropshire;Tong, Shropshire;Biddulph, Staffordshire;Bucknall, Staffordshire;Caverswall, Staffordshire;Stafford, Staffordshire;Walsall, Staffordshire;Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire;Applethwaite, Westmorland
    • Corbett family of Impney Impney, Worcestershire;Dodderhill, Worcestershire;Stoke Prior, Worcestershire;Towyn, Merionethshire;Ynys-y-maengwyn, Merionethshire
    • de Carteret family of Jersey Jersey
    • Kerr family, Marquesses of Lothian Mybster, Caithness-shire;Pitfirrane, Fife;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Glengonner, Lanarkshire;Easthouses, Midlothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Newbattle, Midlothian;Innerleithen, Peeblesshire;Ancrum, Roxburghshire;Crailing, Roxburghshire;Jedburgh, Roxburghshire;Monteviot, Roxburghshire;Oxnam, Roxburghshire;Melbourne, Derbyshire;Over Haddon, Derbyshire;Bere Ferrers, Devon;Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire;Lemsford, Hertfordshire;Hernhill, Kent;Castle Donington, Leicestershire;Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire;Sysonby, Leicestershire;Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire;Gedney, Lincolnshire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Moulton, Lincolnshire;Whaplode, Lincolnshire;Wilsford, Lincolnshire;London;Cranford, Middlesex;Gunnersbury, Middlesex;Marble Hill, Middlesex;Stanwell, Middlesex;Twickenham, Middlesex;Aldborough, Norfolk;Blickling, Norfolk;Briningham, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Hunworth, Norfolk;Matlask, Norfolk;Saxthorpe, Norfolk;Stody, Norfolk;Wymondham, Norfolk;Duston, Northamptonshire;Beauvale, Nottinghamshire;Greasley, Nottinghamshire;Selston, Nottinghamshire;Hopton, Staffordshire;Ingestre, Staffordshire;Mendlesham, Suffolk;Marshgate House, Surrey;Bolsterstone, Yorkshire;Langsett, Yorkshire;Bellaghy, County Londonderry
    • Lindsay family, Earls of Crawford and Balcarres Dunecht, Aberdeenshire;Edzell, Angus;Finhaven, Angus;Glenesk, Angus;Glengarnock, Ayrshire;Kilbirnie, Ayrshire;Auchtermonzie, Fife;Balcarres, Fife;Crawford Priory, Fife;Leuchars, Fife;Struthers, Fife;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Florence, Italy;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pinkie, Midlothian;Stirling, Stirlingshire;Warboys, Huntingdonshire;Aspull, Lancashire;Blackrod, Lancashire;Haigh, Lancashire;Wigan, Lancashire;London;Warter, Yorkshire;Aberlash, Carmarthenshire;Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire;Llanon, Carmarthenshire
    • Martineau family of Birmingham Birmingham, Warwickshire;Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
    • Oldham family of Cork and Massachusetts Cork, County Cork
    • Pelham-Clinton-Hope family, Dukes of Newcastle Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire;Outseats, Derbyshire;Dorchester, Dorset;Hawling, Gloucestershire;Damerham, Hampshire;Baumber, Lincolnshire;Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire;Clare Market, London;Balderton, Nottinghamshire;Clumber, Nottinghamshire;Haughton, Nottinghamshire;Newark, Nottinghamshire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Yoxall, Staffordshire;Byfleet, Surrey;Deepdene, Surrey;Oatlands, Surrey;Weybridge, Surrey;Ifield, Sussex;Knightcote, Warwickshire;Aldborough, Yorkshire;Boroughbridge, Yorkshire;Hafod, Cardiganshire;Carrickfergus, County Antrim;Castleblayney, County Monaghan
    • Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland Launceston, Cornwall;Newport, Cornwall;Allerdale, Cumberland;Cockermouth, Cumberland;Egremont, Cumberland;Bere Alston, Devon;Slapton, Devon;Werrington, Devon;Haselbury Bryan, Dorset;Darlington, Durham;Somerhill Park, Kent;Burwell, Lincolnshire;Claxby, Lincolnshire;Garthorpe, Lincolnshire;Northumberland House, London;East Bedfont, Middlesex;Hatton, Middlesex;Isleworth, Middlesex;Syon House, Middlesex;Tottenham, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire;Alnmouth, Northumberland;Alnwick, Northumberland;Prudhoe, Northumberland;Rothbury, Northumberland;Tynemouth, Northumberland;Warkworth, Northumberland;Cary Fitzpaine, Somerset;Isle Abbots, Somerset;Stogursey, Somerset;Albury, Surrey;Haldersh, Surrey;Weston Gumshalve, Surrey;Petworth, Sussex;Heversham, Westmorland;Warcop, Westmorland;Marlborough, Wiltshire;Pewsey, Wiltshire;Trowbridge, Wiltshire;Airmyn, Yorkshire;Catton, Yorkshire;Leconfield, Yorkshire;Pocklington, Yorkshire;Snape, Yorkshire;Spofforth, Yorkshire;Stanwick, Yorkshire;Tadcaster, Yorkshire;Topcliffe, Yorkshire;Wressell, Yorkshire;Laugharne, Carmarthenshire;Striguil, Monmouthshire;Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire
    • Seymour family, Dukes of Somerset (created 1547, restored 1660) Shalbourne, Berkshire;Cheveley, Cambridgeshire;Cockermouth, Cumberland;Egremont, Cumberland;Syon House, Middlesex;Alnwick, Northumberland;Muchelney, Somerset;Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire;Newmarket, Suffolk;Petworth House, Sussex;Marlborough, Wiltshire;Pewsey, Wiltshire;Savernake Forest, Wiltshire;Trowbridge, Wiltshire;Catton, Yorkshire;Leconfield, Yorkshire;Spofforth, Yorkshire;Tadcaster, Yorkshire;Topcliffe, Yorkshire;Wressell, Yorkshire
    • Somerset family, Dukes of Beaufort Chulmleigh, Devon;Denbury, Devon;Chaldon Herring, Dorset;Badminton House, Gloucestershire;Great Badminton, Gloucestershire;Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire;Kingswood, Gloucestershire;Stapleton, Gloucestershire;Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire;Tidenham, Gloucestershire;Woolaston, Gloucestershire;Chalton, Hampshire;Holme Lacy, Herefordshire;Poston, Herefordshire;London;Brancaster, Norfolk;Heythrop, Oxfordshire;Dunster, Somerset;Burgate, Suffolk;Richmond, Surrey;Snitterfield, Warwickshire;Hilmarton, Wiltshire;Littleton Drew, Wiltshire;Netheravon, Wiltshire;Croome Court, Worcestershire;Beaufort, Brecknockshire;Crickhowell, Brecknockshire;Llangattock, Brecknockshire;Tretower, Brecknockshire;Kilvey, Glamorgan;Loughor, Glamorgan;Oystermouth, Glamorgan;Swansea, Glamorgan;Bedwellty, Monmouthshire;Chepstow, Monmouthshire;Dixton, Monmouthshire;Dixton Hadnock, Monmouthshire;Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire;Portgaseg, Monmouthshire;Raglan, Monmouthshire;Trelleck, Monmouthshire;Troy House, Monmouthshire;Usk, Monmouthshire;Williamsburg, Virginia
    • Stafford-Jerningham family, Barons Stafford: Costessey Costessey, Norfolk
    • Wyatt family, missionaries Nigeria;Uganda

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